Social Issues

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Posted on: Mon 3 Dec 2018

Apu from The Simpsons has made international headlines over the past year, following the release of comedian Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem With Apu. The documentary explores the degree of racial stereotyping represented by the character, and Apu’s influence on perceptions of people of South Asian heritage in the United States.

Sukhmani Khorana, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wollongong, joins Breakfast’s Tom Mann to discuss why we need better portrayals of people of colour on television.